Racing quotes
04-14-2011, 09:37 PM
#76
04-17-2011, 12:40 PM
#77
Instructor
Boris Spassky originally said Chess is like life, but I do not know when. I think the drivers name was Mike who changed that from chess, to racing, in a newsletter for a Southern California formula driving club where Steve was a member. The embellished quote later ended up in the script of LeMans 1971.
Richard Diamond, Private eye the 1957 TV show, quotes a chess player as “Chess was like life..”
Bobby Fischer> Chess is life.
Karl Wallenda 1978 > Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.
Lotta people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well. When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.
Karl Wallenda 1978 > Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.
07-05-2011, 02:20 AM
#79
Drifting
Event: Testing the 917-10 Can Am car in Austria in 1971.
Driver: Mark Donohue
Donohue asks Porsche engineers to delete reverse gear from the gearbox as it's just one more thing to go wrong and adds weight.
Porsche Engineer to Donahue: "But what if you spin and you are facing the Armco - how will you back away and resume your race"?
Donohue: "I'm not paid to drive in reverse".
Driver: Mark Donohue
Donohue asks Porsche engineers to delete reverse gear from the gearbox as it's just one more thing to go wrong and adds weight.
Porsche Engineer to Donahue: "But what if you spin and you are facing the Armco - how will you back away and resume your race"?
Donohue: "I'm not paid to drive in reverse".
08-27-2011, 06:45 PM
#81
Rennlist Member
"Hard to make a race horse out of a pig, buy you can make a real fast pig!"
Bob Akin I believe.
Bob Akin I believe.
10-03-2011, 01:36 AM
#83
Instructor
Racecar..
A racecar is...
1. A racing car has only ONE objective: to WIN motor races. If it does not do this it is nothing but a waste of time, money, and effort.
This may sound obvious but remember it does not matter how clever it is, or how inexpensive, or how easy to maintain, or even how safe, if it does not consistently win it is NOTHING!
2. Having established this what do we have to do to make it win:
(i) Simply stated it must firstly be capable of lapping a racing circuit quicker than any other car, with the least possible skill from the driver, and doing it long enough to finish the race.
(ii) After this, and only after this, and with absolutely no compromising of objective (2)(i) one has to consider how expensive it is, how simple, how safe, & how easy to maintain, etc.
NONE of these aspects must detract one iota from (2)(i). “Good enough” is just NOT good enough to win and keep winning.
Originally Posted by Colin Chapman: Inside the Innovator
1. A racing car has only ONE objective: to WIN motor races. If it does not do this it is nothing but a waste of time, money, and effort.
This may sound obvious but remember it does not matter how clever it is, or how inexpensive, or how easy to maintain, or even how safe, if it does not consistently win it is NOTHING!
2. Having established this what do we have to do to make it win:
(i) Simply stated it must firstly be capable of lapping a racing circuit quicker than any other car, with the least possible skill from the driver, and doing it long enough to finish the race.
(ii) After this, and only after this, and with absolutely no compromising of objective (2)(i) one has to consider how expensive it is, how simple, how safe, & how easy to maintain, etc.
NONE of these aspects must detract one iota from (2)(i). “Good enough” is just NOT good enough to win and keep winning.
10-03-2011, 01:58 AM
#84
Instructor
Driven, not polished..
It makes me sad. Our cars were meant to be driven, not polished" - Ferry Porsche while surveying a concours field.
12-09-2011, 09:35 AM
#86
From an old friend of mine Ed Givler:
We all know about" Murpy's Law " but then there is Givler's Law which is " Its already broken ,you just don't know it yet".
For those who may know Ed , he's not doing to well these days. Say a prayer for him.
Tom B.
We all know about" Murpy's Law " but then there is Givler's Law which is " Its already broken ,you just don't know it yet".
For those who may know Ed , he's not doing to well these days. Say a prayer for him.
Tom B.
01-27-2012, 01:40 AM
#88
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"Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal” – Kyle Petty
“Drivers are pretty well set, but crew chiefs, they change their business cards like they change their pants.” – Chad Knau
“You won’t see me running in the back.” – Kevin Harvick
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“Drivers are pretty well set, but crew chiefs, they change their business cards like they change their pants.” – Chad Knau
“You won’t see me running in the back.” – Kevin Harvick
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